Educational Websites

Below is alist of the possible sites to be used in our classrooms, with links to their privacy policies and terms of services. Please feel free to explore and contact the website owners for more information. By no means is this a static or exhaustive list of educational websites used by the Waunakee Community School District. We will be removing and adding links to this list through out the year.

MindMeister is considered the best online mind mapping app currently on the market. Mind mapping with MindMeister is so simple and intuitive that anyone from first grader to CEO can use it to improve their productivity and turn their creative ideas into action. MindMeister offers a number of powerful features that let users collaborate and brainstorm online, plan projects, create great presentations and utilize the enormous power of mind maps for their education.

Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation, and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class current level of understanding. Socrative saves teachers time so the class can further collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community of learners.

Academy of MATH® is an intensive, online intervention program for students struggling with math. This dynamic program uses systematic instruction that begins with simple concepts and moves to more complex skills. Ongoing assessment and progress monitoring provide robust data to inform instruction and show students' progress.

Mission US engages students in the study of transformational moments in American history. Each mission consists of an interactive game and a set of curriculum materials that are aligned to national standards and feature document-based activities.